The proposed project is expected to fill this gap, assessing the effects of a patient activation and self-management intervention using a mixed-methods approach, with three data collection periods. The investigators hypothesize that patients participating in the patient activation and self-management intervention will be significantly more likely to engage and remain in mental health care, and will report significantly higher activation and self-management scores as compared to control patients. Given the relationship of patient participation and health outcomes, increasing Latino patient's participation in decision-making a as mechanism to eliminate service disparities is the goal of the proposed intervention.